Familial Clarification of Saucrosmylidae stat. nov. and New Saucrosmylids from Daohugou, China (Insecta, Neuroptera). [PDF]
BackgoundSaucrosmylids are characterized by the typically large body size, complicated venation and diverse wing markings, which were only discovered in Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Ningcheng county, Inner Mongolia, China.Principal findingsSaucrosmylinae
Hui Fang, Dong Ren, Yongjie Wang
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Two new Jurassic stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China
Abstract Two new genera and two new species of family Taeniopterygidae, Mengitaenioptera multiramis gen. et sp. nov. and Noviramonemoura trinervis gen. et sp. nov. are described. These fossils were collected from Daohugou Village (the Middle Jurassic), Inner Mongolia, China.
Dong Ren
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Limnomma, a new genus of Ommatidae from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (Coleoptera, Archostemata) [PDF]
The relictual archostematan beetle family Ommatidae attained high diversity during the Mesozoic. Despite their once high taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity, many Mesozoic ommatid taxa remain poorly understood, partly due to limited ...
Yan-Da Li +4 more
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An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China [PDF]
A new long-tailed pterosaur, Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp. nov, is described based on an almost complete skeleton (IVPP V15113) representing an individual with an estimated wing span of 730 mm.
Xiaolin Wang +3 more
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Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) [PDF]
Despite encompassing only about 50 extant species, beetles of the suborder Archostemata have a rich fossil history, being known from the Permian and dominating coleopteran assemblages in the Mesozoic before declining in richness towards the Late ...
Yan-Da Li +11 more
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Two new species of Paramesosciophilodes (Diptera, Nematocera, Mesosciophilidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China [PDF]
Two new species, Paramesosciophilodes bellus sp. n. and Paramesosciophilodes rarissima sp. n., from the Jiulongshan Formation at Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China, are described in the extinct family Mesosciophilidae.
Jiaqi Gao +3 more
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Two new species of Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
Two new species, Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) longensis sp. n. and Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) amabilis sp. n. of Trichoceridae are described based on a combination of the following characters: Sc ending proximad of the forking of R2, shape of d
Fei Dong, ChungKun Shih, Dong Ren
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New cleroid beetles from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China [PDF]
Four specimens of fossil beetles recorded from the Middle and Late Jurassic boundary beds of Inner Mongolia, China are assigned to the melyrid lineage of Cleroidea. Three of them are described as Sinomelyris praedecessor gen. et sp. nov.
Jiří Kolibáč, Diying Huang
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The first fossil salmonfly (Insecta: Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae), back to the Middle Jurassic. [PDF]
Cui Y +4 more
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Fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on morphology of Choristopsychidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) [PDF]
Choristopsychidae, established by Martynov in 1937 with a single isolated forewing, is a little known extinct family in Mecoptera. Since then, no new members of this enigmatic family have been described. Based on 23 well-preserved specimens with complete
Petrulevicius, Julian Fernando +3 more
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